ddnoe{at}bellsouth.net wrote:

> I've got a story about Gladys Towles Root, a flamboyant attorney who
> specialized in defending men accused of sex crimes, up at
>
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/root/1.html?sect=13.
>  She has fascinated me since I was a child. Her office held the
record
> for winning acquittals for men accused of rape, child molesting and
> other sex offenses.  What do you think of this lady?  What do you
think
> of my article on her?  I think her life story would make a great
movie.  The actress who> played her would be wearing more exotic
garments than those typically worn by Cher!


I think that Root is from an older generation of people who liked
blaming women for men's bad actions.  However, I support her right to
defend them as their defense is Constitutionally sound.



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